Mine's slow too - Outlook is even slower and my PC while not the fastest
available is certainly up there - but like you I have a weighty ovehead for
Word to carry. I rarely shut Word or Outlook down and turn the PC off using
its hibernate feature so the problem, if it is a problem, doesn't often
arise.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
My machine is fairly old, but I don't think processor speed is really
an issue. I have several add-ins (including Adobe Acrobat, which adds
a toolbar) and hundreds of fonts, and I'm running under Windows 2000.
I timed it this morning, and it was in fact just about 20 seconds.
"aalaan" wrote in message
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As a matter of interest my Word 2000 takes about 4 seconds on a
Celeron M machine with 512K RAM. I have several quite complex macros
(if that is relevant)
"Randy Davis" wrote in message
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Well, I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with it opening
slowly. I have seen already where another person claims it taks
twenty seconds to open, and mine will do it in about seventeen, so
I guess I'm in good shape.
It's probably a good time to start playing around with Open Office.
Randy Davis
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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I'm not sure where to go from here. All I can state absolutely is
that if it works with the /a switch - where Word runs in its
default install mode bypassing all macros, templates, add-ins, COM
addins, etc. - it proves that there is nothing wrong with Word but
that there is something else on your computer that is messing it
up. The most common causes are third party add-ins - usually
templates installed in Word Startup folder - or the printer driver.
Terry
"Randy Davis" wrote in message
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Terry,
I've uninstalled the printer and reinstalled it, to no avail. It
also works fine with other programs. When I check the add-ins the
only thing showing is under the XML Schema tag. There I have six
entries for Microsoft Small Business Acounting, but none of them
are checked. I've also unchecked all third-party smart tags. So,
as far as I know nothing should be running from the start of Word.
Randy Davis
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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If starting with the /a switch is OK and creating a new
normal.dot does not help, then this is symptomatic of a third
party add-in or corrupt/unobtainable printer driver screwing up
Word. Have you checked to see what add-ins may be present and
tried moving or disabling them? Is the printer OK and can Word
se it correctly?
Terry
"Randy Davis" wrote in message
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No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the
normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is
started I can then open a second instance of Word on my
computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it
from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly.
Randy Davis
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open
a document based on a template that has either moved or no
longer exists?
Terry
"Randy Davis" wrote in message
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I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data
folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I
still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is
searching for a document, as in the default document, but I
don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second
occurrence it loads instantly.
Randy Davis
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm
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Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
"Randy Davis" wrote in message
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For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It
gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very
slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my
fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly.
Can someone advise me of what else I mght try?
Randy Davis